A value of $\theta  \in  (0, \pi /3)$, for which $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {1 + {{\cos }^2}\,\theta }&{{{\sin }^2}\,\theta }&{4\,\cos \,6\theta } \\ 
  {{{\cos }^2}\,\theta }&{1 + {{\sin }^2}\,\theta }&{4\,\cos \,6\theta } \\ 
  {{{\cos }^2}\,\theta }&{{{\sin }^2}\,\theta }&{1 + 4\,\cos \,6\theta } 
\end{array}} \right| = 0$, is

By using properties of determinants, show that:

$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1+a^{2}-b^{2} & 2 a b & -2 b \\ 2 a b & 1-a^{2}+b^{2} & 2 a \\ 2 b & -2 a & 1-a^{2}-b^{2}\end{array}\right|=\left(1+a^{2}+b^{2}\right)^{3}$

Let $M$ be a $3 \times 3$ invertible matrix with real entries and let $I$ denote the $3 \times 3$ identity matrix. If $M ^{-1}=\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj} M )$, then which of the following statement is/are $ALWAYS TRUE$ ?

$(A)$ $M=I$   $(B)$ $\operatorname{det} M =1$   $(C)$ $M ^2= I$  $(D)$ $(\operatorname{adj} M)^2=I$

If $a, b, c$ are all different from zero and $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {1  + a}&1&1\\ 1&{1  +  b}&1\\ 1&1&{1  +  c} \end{array}} \right| = 0$ , then the value of $a^{-1} + b^{-1} + c^{-1}$ is

The total number of distinct $x \in \mathbb{R}$ for which $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}x & x^2 & 1+x^3 \\ 2 x & 4 x^2 & 1+8 x^3 \\ 3 x & 9 x^2 & 1+27 x^3\end{array}\right|=10$ is